Last week I said that I was taking a two week break from official menu planning since I was focused on the five days I am feeding the York College women’s soccer team. That was a good idea in theory, because at least I had all the meals planned out for feeding the team. However, the rest of the meals needed for my family, in the midst of schooling and cooking for extras? Well, without at least giving it some thought – my overloaded brain had a hard time coming up with anything that didn’t involve simply picking a tomato from our garden and calling it lunch. Since that didn’t go over well, and neither did my creative suggestion to eat their tomato with a side of jalapeno pepper – I decided that at least I should make myself a list to draw from this week. That way, when my mind begins to feel frazzled (I say that as if the frazzle is in the future and not in the present) I will have a cheat sheet to draw from.
I was able to snap a couple of shots right before feeding the team last night (Bbq chicken, cream cheese corn, green beans, carrots with ranch, and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies):
See how simple the meal was? No need for fancy. Just meat, sides, a dessert, and water.
Here are the final three meals I will be feeding the team (about 32 people each meal):
Sunday: Roast, carrots, gravy, raw veggies, whole wheat butterhorns, chocolate chip cookie bars
Monday: Cheesy salsa enchiladas (x4), tossed salad, grapes, brownie fudge sundaes (these brownies, this hot fudge sauce, store-bought vanilla ice cream)
Tuesday: Italian chicken (in the oven), baked red potatoes (in the roaster), steamed broccoli and carrots, watermelon, crustless cheesecake cups
And here are some breakfast, lunch, and dinner ideas for my family the rest of the week, all served with fruits and/or veggies:
Breakfast:
- Quick Mix Pancakes
- Muffins from the freezer
- Eggs, scrambled or fried
- Breakfast Burritos
- Creamy Orange Cooler
Lunch or Dinner:
- Alfredo Sauce with Pasta
- Chicken Patty Sandwiches
- Cheddar Ranch Burgers
- Taco Corn Fritters
- Pizza Boats
- Tuna Casserole
- Spanish Rice
- Baked Potatoes in the Crock Pot
There, that will at least give me some ideas. Now on to the announcements that I’m not quite ready to share with you.
Just know that there are some really fun and exciting new features coming up here at Heavenly Homemakers, some of which I will be able to share with you as soon as tonight! So check back for the actual announcements. I just wanted to let you know that they are coming. We’re always working to help you in your homemaking efforts. And who is a homemaker? Every last stay-at-home, work-outside-the-home, work-from-home, married, retired, single, home schooling, public schooling, young, not-as-young, beautiful one of us. :) Check back in soon to learn of the resources we are creating to help you manage your home and love on your family.
Mary Brandon says
Maybe your brain slipped into thinking there would be left-overs to use for breakfast and lunch :)Silly brain.
Bria says
As the wife of a Women’s college soccer coach (and homeschooling mom of 4), I am duly impressed. I’ve cooked for the team a few times, but the past few years have begged to be excused and my husband orders out instead. Tomorrow my girls will bake cookies and cupcakes for the team – hardly worth mentioning from a real food perspective. You certainly do set quite an example!
Laura says
I think the fact that you bake them cookies and cupcakes is awesome. Whatever way you love on them is your perfect way. Love it!
Susan says
Laura, don’t know how you do it. I still havent mastered a complete 7 day list with 3 meals each day, but still trying. I have a question, the blue plates that you had stacked up, are those glass or plastic, And where did you get them, I think they are so pretty.
Susan
Laura says
Those are a stack of plastic plates I got at Walmart a couple of years ago on clearance. I’ve used those over and over. :)
Jennifer L. says
Laura,
Thank you for emphasizing that we are all homemakers, regardless of our situation. I happen to be blessed to be able to stay home and homeschool my 2 children, but everyone’s life hasn’t worked out that way. Bless you for affirming those whose lives do not look the same as yours. As you may know, not everybody feels that way, to their detriment, I believe.
Erika says
Hey, Laura! I just wanted to say thank you!!! for posting that picture of the food laid out on your counter- the one above the dishwasher, with the peeling trim. :) It just really encourages my heart. At one time, we lived in a small, but nice home. Then finances took a turn for the worse, and now we live in a kind-of rough neighborhood with bars on our windows (I was appalled at first, but now I’m very thankful for them!). So I am sometimes embarrassed to invite people over with lots of things wrong with our home and even wonder if friends feel safe turning the corner into our neighborhood! I know that God has planted us right where He wants us, we are called to serve with whatever we have, and witness wherever we are. Thank you for being a great example for me!
Joan Crick says
I could have missed it, but maybe you could put a link in your search categories to recipes for a crowd!